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Merck Millipore confirms chief executive and president

April 23, 2014 Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Merck Millipore, udit batra

Merck Millipore which is the life science division of Merck has named Dr Udit Batra as its incoming president and …
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GSK and Novartis sign multi-billion dollar deal

April 23, 2014 Research and Development, Sales and Marketing GSK, Novartis, Tafinlar, lilly, merger, tykerb, vaccines

GlaxoSmithKline and Novartis are radically shaking up their businesses, starting up a joint venture while selling off major parts of …
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AstraZeneca ‘rejects Pfizer bid’

April 22, 2014 Research and Development, Sales and Marketing AstraZeneca, Byetta, Onglyza, Pfizer, Soriot, merger

AstraZeneca has rebuffed a £60 billion bid from Pfizer, according to media reports. Both companies have declined to comment on …
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Nanobiotix appoints head from Roche



April 22, 2014 Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Roche, nanobiotix, otin

France-based clinical-stage nanomedicine firm Nanobiotix has hired Thierry Otin as its head of manufacturing and supply. Prior to joining Nanobiotix, …
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Working Life: GE Healthcare’s Emmanuel Ligner

April 22, 2014 Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing GE Healthcare, Working Life, emmanuel linger

 How did you find your way into your current role? There have been various circumstances in my professional career that …
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arGEN-X appoints Evotec chief executive

April 14, 2014 Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Evotec, arGEN-X, lanthaler

Belgium-based clinical stage human therapeutic antibody firm arGEN-X has appointed Dr Werner Lanthaler to its supervisory board.
  Lanthaler is currently …
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Novartis ponders Horsham site future

April 14, 2014 Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Horsham, Novartis, Osborne, PharmaVentures, medcity, research, site

Novartis has hired specialist consultancy firm PharmaVentures to help it decide how to re-use it former Horsham site. This comes …
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How can ‘innovation’ be defined?

April 14, 2014 Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Cancer, NHS, UK, eric low, innovation, myeloma

Innovation has been and continues to be an important topic of discussion for a number of different stakeholders and disciplines …
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EMA to conduct major review into testosterone drugs

April 14, 2014 Research and Development, Sales and Marketing EMA, EU, Europe, heart, testosterone

The European Medicines Agency has started a review of testosterone-containing medicines as concerns grow that they may increase the risk …
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Pfizer’s Jonathan Emms becomes new ABPI president

April 11, 2014 Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing ABPI, Deepak Khanna, Pfizer, jonathan emms

Jonathan Emms, UK managing director of Pfizer, has taken up his appointment as president of the ABPI, after his election …
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Merck gets hep C boost as competition ramps up

April 11, 2014 Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Merck, daclatasvir, hep C, sovaldi

Merck has released promising data from a trial which uses two of its investigational compounds to treat patients with hepatitis …
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Herceptin faces UK competition within months

April 11, 2014 Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Biocon, Herceptin, Hospira, Perjeta, breast cancer

Roche’s blockbuster breast cancer drug Herceptin may soon be under threat from copycat treatments after a court in the UK …
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Tamiflu stockpiling ‘unjustifiable’ and wasted £424m

April 10, 2014 Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing BMJ, Cochrane, Tamiflu, alltrials

Governments around the world may have squandered hundreds of millions of pounds on stockpiling Tamiflu, according to a review by …
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DIA appoints Dr Haijun Dong as MD for DIA China

April 10, 2014 Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing dia

Biopharmaceutical executive Dr Haijun (Lou) Dong has been named as the new managing director for DIA China. “Dr Dong brings …
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NHS needs to understand drug costs better, says ABPI

April 10, 2014 Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing ABPI, AGNSS, Deepak Khanna, NICE, Stephen Whitehead, Tarceva, soliris

The UK healthcare system is at risk of failing to adopt new, personalised medicines and must be willing to pay …
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